The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

married men 1--we longer and ave oetlcf lives
than bachelors. Among every 1000 bachelors
there are IS criminals; among married mon the
ratio is only Is per LOCO
ONE of the most remarkable thefts on record
is reported from Whetcom, W. T., where a thief
stole an entire orchard Just planted, hiding his
work for a time by sticking willow UWIgS il hoIeS
where the fruit trees had been.
IT is SAID that Baltimore doctor prescribes
good many love powders TO anxious patients,
and a druggist of that city makes good thing
out of compounding the prescription which is
as follows: "Pura sacchara alba, hydrant aqua.
Take as directed"
THE Lutheran Church complains of lack in
the ministerial supply The new ministers are
not numerous enough to I'll the places vacated
by death, approximation and otherwise The
demands are very pressing just now as imnl-
grafton is very large
NEWCASTLE. Pa, has hen of extraordinary
egg laying ability. One day recently she layed
two good sized eggs: the day following she re-
peated the operation; on the third day she
rested and laid no eggs but on the fourth Gay
she made up by laying three eggs.
RATHER an odd accident happened to young
girl employed in a Cincinnati tailoring estab-
lishment. She was leaning over pot of boiling
coffee when suddenly it exploded, throwing the
fluid in all directions. She was so badly burned
it is feared her eyesight has been destroyed.
-FOUR UeOlCdl SlulenJS, WHO SlSttIcu puC III q
u chit from Burlington, VT, last week in search
of the sea serpent, were becalmed q short dis
lance off shore, and being minus oars, had to
make the best of things until breeze came
along the next day. Their diet meanwhile con-
sisted of air and water
ACCORDING to the London Spectator there is a
great deal of Jewish pauperism in London
Last year it says, every third Jew received aid
from the State The reason for this state of
affairs is that large number of Spanish Por-
tuguese, Dutch, Sephardine and Mogreb Jews
have immigrated to London.
A BANTAM HEN belonging to Julia Harmon, Of
West Chester Pa, recently became the mother
of a curiously deformcd chick. Its legs
joined to its body near the back and project out
behind the body as stiff as stakes and are quite
useless either for pedestrian purposes or Tor
anything else but ornament.
RECENTLY the Independent Boston Fusilecrs
celebrated its Tooth anniversary as q military
organization The Journal states although not
the oldest military organization in the country,
it is the oldest infantry company now IN eX-
istence The organization was formed and
charter issued to it on May II, 1887.
The grand ladies of Vienna are to repeat their
performances of last year; that is to say, early
in June, under the direction of Princess Pauline
Metternich, they will again put on the skirts of
ballet girls, and turn, and twist, and posture for
the edification of the Austrian 'bloods," their
excuse being that they do it for charity.
THE PIEGAN INDIANS Of Montana have made
over $4,000 this spring skinning the carcasses of
cattle which persisted in the snow. The Indians
received 75c. for every hide they brought in, and
they exhibited such industry that it became
necessary to watch the herds to prevent them
from skinning every animal in the territory, dead
or alive.
LIVE BEARS are not infrequently part of an
express messengers load in California. They
are quite as easily managed as Dogs the novelty
of the situation, in connection with the rumble
and jar of the train, no doubt drives all thought
of mischief out of their heads. short time
| ago young bear got loose in the Los Angeles
| office during the night and had quite picnic all
| by himself
| JOHN w. MooREs famous St. Bernard dog
! died at Melrose, Mass, on Monday. He was
| probably the best dog of his class in the world.
He measured "a inches across the shoulders and
weighed over 200 pounds. He had taken 10 first
| class gold prizes in England, and since his i'm
portation has taken about 20 frst-claSs prizes in
| this country. Mr.. Moore received an offer of
| $4,000 for him.
WHILE John o. Collier, of Dauphin county,
| Pa, was tearing down an old dwelling house on
his property he found hidden in a corner, wrapped
in linen pouch, twenty silver half dollars, with
dates from 1895 to 1896 in good condition. 1t is
| thought that they were placed there by Isaac
| Ogle and old settler, who built the house and
| lived there until his death, which was caused by
falling from tree and breaking his neck.
A FEW nights ago some one put on the bulletin
board of the Los Angeles Tribune the startling
| statement that President Cleveland was assas-
sinated. The Tribune strongly suspects that
an attache of its rival, the Times, did the deed
| from the fact that the Times had the story tee
| graphed to San Francisco. Consequently the
| relations between the two papers are more
| strained than ever.
| BOY, aged years, who had been swim
ming at a wharf in New York, ran at the cry of
'police," ON Tuesday evening, and, raising the
| lid of a box on an ice wagon jumped in it to
| hide A snap lock fastened the end down, and,
as nobody heard the poor lads shouts and
| screams, he suffocated to death in what must
| have been horrible agony. His fingers and body
were full of cuts and bruises, showing the fruit
less efforts he had made to get out of the box
A CHICAGO MAN paid $50 few weeks ago for
a new and improved incubator. He placed
therein S25 worth of high priced eggs and hired
| a boy to attend it at further expense of SIS
The time having fully expired he went to inspect
| the incubator and see how many of the eggs had
| Matched. The only living thing was large
| buebottle fly, which he caught and put in a
bottle. He exhibits this insect to in1uiring
friends rs the only $500 fly in the United States.
THE Methodist ministers of Philadelphia have
appointed a committee of five to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of excluding reporters from their
| Monday morning meetings There is no charge
| that the reporters have reported incorrectly but
| it is said that sometimes they make public Incl
dents that might as well be kept quiet. The
| Rev. j. H. Riddick is against excluding the
| newspaper men. I'VE ought not to do anything
we are ashamed Of" he said. Il say turn on
| the gas"
THE CORONER Of Ipswich, London suburb,
before commencing an inquest lately on the
case of young lady whose dead body had been
found in a pond, requested the newspaper re-
| porters to withdraw. They refused to do SO. and
the jury also stated that they should decline to
serve unless the court were an open one. The
Coroner threatened to fine the iurymen and the
Chief Constable at his request. proceeded to re-
move the reporters by force. The jury persist
ing in refusing to receive evidence unless the re-
porters were admitted the Coroner adjourned
the inquiry for week.
ALBERT PALMER n well-l1nown Bostonian
lately deceased, was president Of an ice COM
pany. During an exceedingly mild winter the
ice company people, whose stock was very short,
were in a serious doubt whether they would
have opportunity to ill their ice houses.
Palmer in particular, watched the thermometer
with n feverish interest. One evening the indi-
cations had promised colder weather" and his
anxiety led him to get up in the night and put
his hand out of the window. As he did so he
uttered loud exclamation. "What is il doing.
Albert his wife inquired. "FreezingSn "Freez,
ingy Great Scott no." exclaimed Palmer; sits
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